Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Swedetown (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Swedetown. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the southwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the south.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the south contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Swedetown is located in Cambria County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Cambria County: Bedford, Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Indiana, Somerset & Westmoreland.
Below are the counties that are near Swedetown. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Swedetown:
- Cambria County (The home county of Swedetown)
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Hastings
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Thomas Mills
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Thomas Mills is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thomas Mills
- Patton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Benedict
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Benedict is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Benedict
- Carrolltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Spangler
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Spangler is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spangler
- Barnesboro
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Barnesboro is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnesboro
- Northern Cambria
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Northern Cambria is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northern Cambria
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,456 people
- West Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Elmora
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Elmora is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elmora
- Garmantown
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Garmantown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garmantown
- Nicktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Armstrong County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Atwood
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Atwood is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 100 people
- Barnards
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Barnards is located in Armstrong County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnards
- Bedford County
- Pavia
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the south)
- Pavia is located in Bedford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pavia
- Blair County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Highland Fling
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
- Highland Fling is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland Fling
- Bellwood
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Altoona
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Canan
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Canan is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canan
- Cross Keys
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cross Keys is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cross Keys
- Eldorado
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southeast)
- Eldorado is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eldorado
- Tipton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
- Grazierville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Grazierville is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grazierville
- Duncansville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
- Culp
(23 miles [37 km] to the east)
- Culp is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culp
- Blue Knob
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Blue Knob is located in Blair County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Knob
- Hollidaysburg
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Centre County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- New Town
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- New Town is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Town
- Sandy Ridge
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Sandy Ridge is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sandy Ridge
- Glass City
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Glass City is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glass City
- South Philipsburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- South Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Philipsburg
- Philipsburg
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- North Philipsburg is located in Centre County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Philipsburg
- Clearfield County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Sylvis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Westover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- McPherron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Coalport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Lyleville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lyleville
- Rosebud
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
- Rosebud is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosebud
- New Washington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- New Washington is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Washington
- Population from the 2020 Census: 54 people
- Thompsontown
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
- Thompsontown is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Thompsontown
- Blain City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Blain City is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blain City
- Irvona
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Burnside
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Burnside is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Burnside
- Population from the 2020 Census: 220 people
- Mayes
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Mayes is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mayes
- Huntingdon County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Birmingham
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the east)
- Birmingham is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 87 people
- Pennington
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the east)
- Pennington is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pennington
- Water Street
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the east)
- Water Street is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Water Street
- Huntingdon Furnace
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the east)
- Huntingdon Furnace is located in Huntingdon County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huntingdon Furnace
- Indiana County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Uniontown
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Uniontown is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
- Cherry Tree
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Cherry Tree is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cherry Tree
- Population from the 2020 Census: 334 people
- Alverda
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Alverda is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alverda
- Grisemore
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Grisemore is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grisemore
- Glen Campbell
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Hillsdale is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hillsdale
- Cookport
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Cookport is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cookport
- Heilwood
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Heilwood is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heilwood
- Pine Flats
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
- Pine Flats is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Flats
- Hooverhurst
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Hooverhurst is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hooverhurst
- Purchase Line
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Purchase Line is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Purchase Line
- Commodore
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Winslow
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Winslow is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Winslow
- Albion
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Albion is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albion
- Punxsutawney
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Valier
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Valier is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valier
- Sykesville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Oliveburg
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Oliveburg is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oliveburg
- Wishaw
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Wishaw is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wishaw
- Panic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Panic is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Panic
- Prescottville
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Prescottville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prescottville
- Reynoldsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Lawrence County
- Big Run
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Big Run is located in Lawrence County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Run
- Population from the 2020 Census: 594 people
- Somerset County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Paint
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Paint is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paint
- Population from the 2020 Census: 930 people
- Tire Hill
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the south)
- Tire Hill is located in Somerset County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tire Hill
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Seward
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Robb
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Robb is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robb
- New Florence
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Bolivar
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the southwest)
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Swedetown, see our County-by-County Page for Swedetown.
Cemeteries Near Swedetown ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Swedetown.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Swedetown - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Swedetown covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- St. Bernard Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Union Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Mt. Carmel Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- St. Patrick Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Fairview Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- St. Marys Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- North Barnesboro Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- North End Protestant Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- St. John The Baptist Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Grass Hill Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Continue List (252 more) ...
- Uniontown Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Nebo Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Dunkard Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Swedetown in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Swedetown.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Swedetown, with the one closest to Swedetown listed first.
- Hastings
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Patton
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- West Branch
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- West Branch is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Branch
- Sylvis
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Sylvis is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sylvis
- Carrolltown
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Saint Lawrence
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Saint Lawrence is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Lawrence
- Westover
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Westover is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westover
- Population from the 2020 Census: 374 people
- Nicktown
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Nicktown is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nicktown
- Saint Augustine
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Saint Augustine is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Augustine
- McPherron
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- McPherron is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for McPherron
- Vetera
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Vetera is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vetera
- Chest Springs
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- Chest Springs is located in Cambria County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chest Springs
- Population from the 2020 Census: 138 people
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Patchinville
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Patchinville is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Patchinville
- Five Points
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Five Points is located in Clearfield County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Five Points
- Spruce
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Spruce is located in Indiana County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spruce
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Swedetown. See our List of 1890's Communities around Swedetown.
Newspapers Published in Swedetown ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 44 newspapers that have been published in the area around Swedetown.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Swedetown, there are papers which were published within 13 miles [20.9 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Swedetown.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first visit the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Swedetown:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Cambria County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Armstrong County
- Bedford County
- Blair County
- Centre County
- Clearfield County
- Huntingdon County
- Indiana County
- Jefferson County
- Lawrence County
- Somerset County
- Westmoreland County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Swedetown, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Swedetown) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |